The Winnipeg Jets turned hard work on the power play into a key goal in a 5-2 win over the Calgary Flames in an NHL pre-season game Wednesday.
Nikolaj Ehlers scored Winnipeg’s first goal with the man advantage to tie the game 1-1 midway through the first period.
“We’ve been working on it and there’s still some things that we need to figure out,” Ehlers said. “Overall, we created a lot of chances today and when we lost (the puck), we’re doing everything we could to get it back. That was very positive.”
Nino Niederreiter scored twice and Gabriel Vilardi had three assists for Winnipeg. Simon Lundmark and Kyle Connor each scored a goal and Mark Scheifele contributed a pair of assists to the win.
Niederreiter broke a 2-2 tie with a go-head goal from the front of Calgary’s net at 6:28 of the third period.
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